Mascot

n.	1.	A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs.
	2.	Anything that brings good luck; especially, an animal kept by a group, as a sports team, to serve as a symbol and to bring luck.

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mascot - a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure

MASCOT - Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test: a method for software design aimed at real-time embedded systems from the Royal Signals and Research Establishment, UK.

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